Alleged Theft Bookmaker Misses £200
AS a sequel to a reported theft, Bathurst police detained a Bathurst man at the railway station on Christmas night. From…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
1,867 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 94
Gaol Sensation Prisoners Attempt to Escape
IT is understood that two prisoners unsuccessfully attempted to escape from the Dubbo gaol on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Is It Murder? Baby's Leg Discovered
THE leg of a baby was found at Blackwattle Bay, Glebe, by the police on Monday. The limb was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Truck Murder Question of Weapon MELBOURNE, This Afternoon
The inquest concerning the death of John Thomas Demsey was continued to-day. Plainclothes Constable Swingler gave evidence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Assassins Murder for Two Dollars New York
The police anounced that two girls, aged 20 and 17, former the daughter of a patrolman assigned to investigate the case, confessed having shot dead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Very Popular Rush to Divorce Court
IT'S a case of "marry in haste and repent at leisure" with an ever-increasing number of our people…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Truck Murder "Mysterious Car" Witnesses Tell "Heard Loud Bang" MELBOURNE
A number of witnesses gave evidence at the Demsey inquest today that they had seen two mysterious trucks and a dark touring car beside…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stocking Murder Evidence by Roberts and a Letter Newcastle, This Afternoon
When the inquest concerning the death of Dorothy May Everett was resumed at Newcastle to-day Leonard William Roberts, a houseman at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoaxed the Police Man Who Told Bogus Story
Declaring in an alleged statement that he had invented a story of a dead woman, Andrew Lloyd Smith, 25, joiner, pleaded guilty at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3 Months' Trial Closing of Leadville Police Station Minister's Assurance
MR W. P. Dunn. M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Chief Secretary's Department:— Dear Captain Dunn.—In reply to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Straying Stock Council's Control Police Have Instructions to Co-operate
The following letter was recently issued from the Department of Works and Local Government to municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sat on Cenotaph Sydney Man in Court SYDNEY
George Abrahams was prosecuted at the Central Summons Court today under the City Council by-law which prohibits persons sitting on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ancient Ceremony Survival In London Faggots Cut in Court
Six large horseshoes, 60 nails, a hatchet, and a bill-hook were taken to the London Law Courts recently, and used in centuries-old "quit rent"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Cleared While Girl Gives Evidence Stocking Murder Inquiry Newcastle, This Afternoon
After evidence was given by a tobacconist, the court was again closed while further testimony was taken from a girl witness at the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Murder Inquest Continued Melbourne
The inquest concerning the death of John Thomas Demsey was continued today. Plain Clothes Constable Swingler gave evidence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kinglake Murder. Inquest on Demsey's Death. MELBOURNE
At the inquest concerning the death of John Thomes Demaey, Ptelnclothes Constable 8wlngter gave evidence of the discovery on November 29 of two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bar Murder Sydney Hairdresser Committed MELBOURNE, This Afternoon
After the inquest on Arthur Kingsley Taplin, of Sydney, who was fatally shot in an affray in a hotel bar in Melbourne on December 15, the city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inspector Ireland Interesting Career Early Police Work
When Inspector A C Ireland and recently anounced his intention of re[?]ng from active service in the pa[?] force the news was received with reger not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death in Cell of Noted "Financier" Was Charged with £186,000 Swindle Brussels
Julius Barmat (49) a Ukranian financier, who was recently extradited from Holland at the request of the Belgian authorities, died suddenly in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →English Police Another Jap Attack Shanghai
The third instance of Japanese ma[?]reament of municipal police was revealed that a probatonary sergeant. R. E. Turner of England, was…
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